MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
elearning have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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